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Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

Wow! Tonight really taught me a lesson. I was scared this was a trap game, and I was really down during the first half. I was sure the streak was over. They proved to me they are even more poised than last year, and have the confidence they can turn up the D and over-power anybody. Poor start, great finish.

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Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

Keep the streak going. Roy was really good tonight. PG had a monster 3rd quarter but an awful 1st half on both ends. His D on Gay became better in the second half along the help he was getting from Roy in some instances. I think Hill looked pretty well on his return and another game where we got major contribution from Watson. Scola wasn't bad at all either.

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Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

Man that 1st half was brutal, even when only down by 2 at the half; I felt like we were getting worked.

Gay was hitting some crazy shots, but PG was letting him get too much separation by trying to go over the screen every time. PG gets caught on those high screens alot. Rudy Gay has alot of length and athleticism too so PG's is negated and he just isn't able to recover from those screens like he can with other players.

Hansbrough had a moment in the 2nd qtr I believe where get got the ball under the basket and got about 3 tries and missed them all. I said to my wife "that looks familiar!"

Great to be 6-0 but we need to bring more intensity and focus to the game tomorrow or we will get that 1st loss. Can't afford to have a pitiful 1st half against Brooklyn and think that we can just will ourselves back into it.

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Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

It's so nice to have a b/u PF that can hit a mid-range jumpshot and find his team mates for asts. It seems Scola has hit more jumpshots and dished out more asts in 6 games than Tyler did all last season.

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Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

This is the payment for watching the bickering, feuding, selfish Pacers of not too long ago. Or the bad basketball preached by Jim O'Brien. The empty seats... the catcalls... the boos for our own team...

This version of the Pacers look like they are on the verge of something special... and all of that makes it even sweeter.

Nuntius was right. I was wrong. Frank Vogel has retained his job.

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"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

It doesn't look like Garnett and Pierce are fitting in yet with the Nets. Pierce only got 5 shots tonight in 27 minutes, I never thought I'd see him take that few.

There's only 1 ball basketball. I don't understand how that team functions. They have played well at times, but they just don't scare me. I think they have the names but the names are just too old at this point...and getting older.

Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

There's only 1 ball basketball. I don't understand how that team functions. They have played well at times, but they just don't scare me. I think they have the names but the names are just too old at this point...and getting older.

I think putting Pierce, Williams and Johnson on the same team is like putting Melo and Iverson on the same team. Too many volume shooters just won't work together. Williams needs to change his game if this team has a chance of working and he could. Pierce can't really have a positive impact unless he gets his shots. So far it's dysfunctional and I like it.

Re: Pacers/Raptors Postgame Thread 11/8/13

"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
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What if someone from a school of business or management school were to ask, How did you do this? How did you get the Pacers turned around? Is there a general approach you've taken that can be summarized?